Widgets on Android. A rare feature to figure out

Widget creation

1. Features of widget components.
2. Features of displaying the widget in the screen grid.
3. Features widget updates.

Features of widget components

Features of displaying the widget in the "grid" of the screen

Each widget must define a minWidth and minHeight, indicating the minimum amount of space it should consume by default. When users add a widget to their Home screen, it will generally occupy more than the minimum width and height you specify. Android Home screens offer users a grid of available spaces into which they can place widgets and icons. This grid can vary by a device; for example, many handsets offer a 4x4 grid, and tablets can offer a larger, 8x7 grid.

Features widget updates

Widget case

• For authorized user
• For an unauthorized user

override fun onUpdate(
        context: Context,
        appWidgetManager: AppWidgetManager,
        appWidgetIds: IntArray
    ) {
        injector.openScope(this, *arrayOf(this))
        // update each of the widgets with the remote adapter
        appWidgetIds
            .forEach {
                updateWidget(context, appWidgetManager, it)
          }
    }

private fun updateWidget(
        context: Context,
        appWidgetManager: AppWidgetManager,
        appWidgetId: Int
    ) {
// remoteViews   widgetId
        val remoteViews = RemoteViews(
            context.packageName,
            R.layout.app_widget_layout
...
//        
...
//    remoteViews
updateRemoteAdapter(context, remoteViews, appWidgetId)
 
//   remoteViews 
appWidgetManager.updateAppWidget(appWidgetId, remoteViews)
// collection view  
appWidgetManager.notifyAppWidgetViewDataChanged(
            appWidgetId,
            R.id.lvWidgetItems
        )
    }

private fun updateRemoteAdapter(context: Context, remoteViews: RemoteViews, appWidgetId: Int) {
//   RemoteViewsService   RemoteAdapter   
        val adapterIntent = Intent(context, StolotoAppWidgetRemoteViewsService::class.java).apply {
            putExtra(AppWidgetManager.EXTRA_APPWIDGET_ID, appWidgetId)
        }
        remoteViews.setRemoteAdapter(R.id.lvWidgetItems, adapterIntent)
// actionIntent  pendingIntent      
        val actionIntent = Intent(context, StolotoAppWidgetProvider::class.java).apply {
            action = WIDGET_CLICK_ACTION
            putExtra(AppWidgetManager.EXTRA_APPWIDGET_ID, appWidgetId)
        }
        val pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(
            context, 0, actionIntent,
            PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT
        )
// pendingIntent      
        remoteViews.setPendingIntentTemplate(R.id.lvWidgetItems, pendingIntent)
    }

class StolotoAppWidgetRemoteViewsService : RemoteViewsService() {
    override fun onGetViewFactory(intent: Intent): RemoteViewsFactory =
        StolotoAppWidgetRemoteViewsFactory(
            this.applicationContext,
            intent
        )
}

1. onCreate - creating an adapter.
2. getLoadingView - the method suggests returning the View, which the system will display instead of the list items while they are being created. If you do not create anything here, then the system uses some default View.
3. getViewAt - the method suggests creating list items. Here comes the standard use of RemoteViews.
4. onDataSetChanged is called when a request is received to update the data in the list. Those. In this method, we prepare the data for the list. The method is sharpened by the execution of heavy, long code.
5. onDestroy is called when the last list that the adapter used is deleted (one adapter can be used by several lists).
6. RemoteViewsFactory lives while all instances of the list are alive, so we can store current data in it, for example, a list of current items.

private val widgetItems = ArrayList<WidgetItem>()

override fun onCreate() {
        updateDataSync()
}

   override fun onDataSetChanged() {
        updateDataSync()
    }

 private fun updateDataSync() {
        widgetItems.clear()
        updateProfileSync()
        updateGamesSync()
    }

private fun updateProfileSync() {

val isUserFullAuth = isUserFullAuthInteractor
            .execute()
            .blockingGet()
        if (isUserFullAuth) {
            val profile = getWidgetProfileInteractor
                .execute()
                .onErrorReturn {
                    WidgetProfile()
//           
                }
                .blockingGet()

  if (profile.walletAmount >= 0L) {
                widgetItems.add(
                    WidgetItem.Profile(
                        wallet = profile.walletAmount.toMoneyFormat(),
                        waitingTickets = if (profile.waitingTicketsCount >= 0) profile.waitingTicketsCount.toString() else "",
                        unpaidPrizeAmount = if (profile.unpaidPrizeAmount >= 0) profile.unpaidPrizeAmoount.toMoneyFormat() else ""
                    )
                )
            }
        }
    }

sealed class WidgetItem {
 
    data class Profile(
        val wallet: String,
        val waitingTickets: String,
        val unpaidPrizeAmount: String
    ) : WidgetItem()
 
    data class Game(
        val id: String,
        val iconId: Int,
        val prizeValue: String,
        val date: String
    ) : WidgetItem()
}

override fun getViewAt(position: Int): RemoteViews {
        return when (val item = widgetItems[position]) {
            is WidgetItem.Profile -> {
              RemoteViews(
                        context.packageName,
                        R.layout.item_widget_user_profile
                    ).apply {
                        setTextViewText(R.id.tvWidgetWalletMoney, item.wallet)
                        setTextViewText(R.id.tvWidgetUnpaidCount, item.unpaidPrizeAmount)
                        setTextViewText(R.id.tvWidgetWaitingCount, item.waitingTickets)
                        setOnClickFillInIntent(
                            R.id.llWidgetProfileWallet, Intent().putExtra(
                                StolotoAppWidgetProvider.KEY_PROFILE_OPTIONS,
                                StolotoAppWidgetProvider.VALUE_USER_WALLET
                            )
                        )
                        setOnClickFillInIntent(
                            R.id.llWidgetProfileUnpaid, Intent().putExtra(
                                StolotoAppWidgetProvider.KEY_PROFILE_OPTIONS,
                                StolotoAppWidgetProvider.VALUE_UNPAID_PRIZE
                            )
                        )
                        setOnClickFillInIntent(
                            R.id.llWidgetProfileWaiting, Intent().putExtra(
                                StolotoAppWidgetProvider.KEY_PROFILE_OPTIONS,
                                StolotoAppWidgetProvider.VALUE_WAITING_TICKETS
                            )
                        )
                    }
 
            is WidgetItem.Game -> {
                RemoteViews(
                    context.packageName,
                    R.layout.item_widget_game
                ).apply {
                    setImageViewResource(R.id.ivWidgetGame, item.iconId)
                    setTextViewText(R.id.tvWidgetGamePrize, item.prizeValue)
                    setTextViewText(R.id.tvWidgetGameDate, item.date)
                    setOnClickFillInIntent(
                        R.id.llWidgetGame, Intent().putExtra(
                            StolotoAppWidgetProvider.KEY_GAME_CLICK, item.id
                        )
                    )
                }
            }
        }
    }

Manual widget update

...
// Intent   AppWidgetManager.ACTION_APPWIDGET_UPDATE
val intentUpdate = Intent(context, StolotoAppWidgetProvider::class.java)
intentUpdate.action = AppWidgetManager.ACTION_APPWIDGET_UPDATE

//    
val ids = AppWidgetManager.getInstance(context)
   .getAppWidgetIds(ComponentName(context, StolotoAppWidgetProvider::class.java))
intentUpdate.putExtra(AppWidgetManager.EXTRA_APPWIDGET_IDS, ids)

//  intent  PendingIntent,  PendingIntent.getBroadcast()
val pendingUpdate = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(
   context,
   appWidgetId,
   intentUpdate,
   PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT
)
//  pendingIntent      ‘’
remoteViews.setOnClickPendingIntent(R.id.ivWidgetRefresh, pendingUpdate)
…

1. Get the Intent in the onReceive provider 'action'.
2. AppWidgetManager.ACTION_APPWIDGET_UPDATE.
3. Call onUpdate for all widgetsIds specified in intent-e.
4. Go online for new data.
5. Refresh local data and display new list cards.

enum class LoadingStep {
   START,
   MIDDLE,
   END
}

if (isFullAuthorized && !widgetLoadingStateInteractor.isWidgetLoading) {
   remoteViews.setViewVisibility(R.id.ivWidgetRefresh, View.VISIBLE)
...
//     ,    
...   
} else {
   remoteViews.setViewVisibility(
       R.id.ivWidgetRefresh,
       if (isFullAuthorized) View.INVISIBLE else View.GONE //       .
   )
}

private fun updateDataSync() {
   when (loadingStep) {
       START -> {
           widgetItems.forEach { it.isLoading = true }
           widgetLoadingStateInteractor.isWidgetLoading = true
           loadingStep = MIDDLE
           widgetManager.updateWidgets()
       }
       MIDDLE -> {
           widgetItems.clear()
           updateProfileSync()
           updateGamesSync()
           widgetLoadingStateInteractor.isWidgetLoading = false
           loadingStep = END
           widgetManager.updateWidgets()
       }
       END -> {
           loadingStep = START
       }
   }
}

1. At the end of the START and MIDDLE steps, I call the updateWidgets method to update the view state managed by the provider.
2. START «» , MIDDLE.
3. MIDDLE, «».
4. MIDDLE, END.
5. , END, «». , END loadingStep START.